{"slug": "kingdom-of-gwent", "label": "Kingdom of Gwent", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Gwent", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2594661", "qid": "Q2594661", "description": "kingdom in South Wales", "entries": 11, "years": 10, "span": [555, 1081], "span_label": ["555 CE", "1081 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 5}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 4}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "wales", "label": "Wales", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "brycheiniog", "label": "Brycheiniog", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "deheubarth", "label": "Deheubarth", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "glywysing", "label": "Glywysing", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-powys", "label": "Kingdom of Powys", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-gwynedd", "label": "Kingdom of Gwynedd", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "hywel-dda", "label": "Hywel Dda", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "thelstan", "label": "Æthelstan", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "wessex", "label": "Wessex", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "thelbald-of-mercia", "label": "Æthelbald of Mercia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "mercia", "label": "Mercia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "anglo-saxons", "label": "Anglo-Saxons", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 555, "year_label": "555 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "King Erb of Gwent (in Southern Wales) dies; his kingdom is divided into Gwent and Ergyng (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1356951195#Britain", "title": "555", "revid": 1356951195, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 635, "year_label": "635 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "King Meurig of Glywysing and Gwent invades Ergyng (Archenfield), and reunites the two Welsh kingdoms (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364906250#Britain", "title": "635", "revid": 1364906250, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 743, "year_label": "743 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "King Æthelbald of Mercia joins forces with Wessex and attacks Gwent and Powys in Mid Wales (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364906425#Britain", "title": "743", "revid": 1364906425, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 760, "year_label": "760 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Battle of Hereford: The Welsh kingdoms of Brycheiniog, Gwent and Powys defeat the Mercians under King Offa at Hereford. They free themselves from the influence of the Anglo-Saxons.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358120145#Britain", "title": "760", "revid": 1358120145, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 848, "year_label": "848 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The armies of Brycheiniog and Gwent clash in the battle of Ffinnant (Wales). King Ithel of Gwent is killed in the fighting (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341129160#Britain", "title": "848", "revid": 1341129160, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 848, "year_label": "848 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Ithel, king of Gwent (approximate date)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341129160#Deaths", "title": "848", "revid": 1341129160, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 896, "year_label": "896 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "A Viking pirate army under Hastein (a son of Ragnar Lodbrok) ravages the Welsh kingdoms of Brycheiniog and Gwent (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1346094345#Britain", "title": "896", "revid": 1346094345, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 931, "year_label": "931 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "King Morgan Hen of Glywysing and Gwent (Wales) submits to the overlordship of King Æthelstan, and attends his court with Kings Hywel Dda of Deheubarth and Idwal Foel of Gwynedd.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364917472#England", "title": "931", "revid": 1364917472, "section": "Events › By place › England"}}, {"year": 1033, "year_label": "1033 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Rhydderch ap Iestyn, king of Gwent and Deheubarth", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369558009#Deaths", "title": "1033", "revid": 1369558009, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 1049, "year_label": "1049 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "Viking Irish raiders ally with King Gruffydd ap Rhydderch of Gwent in raiding along the River Severn.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1350129777#British_Isles", "title": "1049", "revid": 1350129777, "section": "Events › By place › British Isles"}}, {"year": 1081, "year_label": "1081 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Caradog ap Gruffydd, prince of Gwent, killed in battle", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1312347020#Deaths", "title": "1081", "revid": 1312347020, "section": "Deaths"}}]}